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ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 64 / 283 | 77th | Q1 |
| Health Policy | 108 / 330 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.2.
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research is Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 64 of 283) and Q2 in Health Policy (rank 108 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.785, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,320 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. Its ISSN is 1178-6981.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research has an h-index of 53 and a 2-year mean of 2.03 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #86 of 274 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research published 74 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 90. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (21.1%), United Kingdom (8.1%) and Italy (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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